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Bell, Courtney; Jones, Nathan; Lewis, Jennifer; Qi, Yi; Kirui, David; Stickler, Leslie; Liu, Shuangshuang – Educational Testing Service, 2015
This report on the second year of data collection in the Understanding Consequential Assessment Systems of Teaching (UCAST) study describes administrators' learning during the first year that Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) observations were part of a consequential teacher evaluation system for teachers. Drawing on mixed methods, the…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Administrator Attitudes, Interviews, Administrator Surveys
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Stevenson, Michael; Hedberg, John G.; O'Sullivan, Kerry-Ann; Howe, Cathie – Professional Development in Education, 2016
In contemporary school settings, leaders seeking to support professional development are faced with many challenges. These challenges call for educators who can undertake professional learning that is continuous and adaptive to change. As a term, continuous professional development (CPD) reflects many different forms of professional development in…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Leadership Role, School Support, Mixed Methods Research
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Bubb, Sara; Earley, Peter – Educational Research, 2013
Background: Professional development is widely recognised as crucial to an organisation's success so the time devoted to it needs to be used well. Finding time for training and development is frequently noted by school staff as a barrier preventing them from taking up developmental opportunities. The focus of this paper is on a specific time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Time Management, Teacher Surveys
Roux, Judi Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Scientific literacy for our students and the possibilities for careers available in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) areas are important topics for economic growth as well as global competitiveness. The achievement of students in science learning is dependent upon the science teachers' effectiveness and experienced science…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement, STEM Education
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Lebec, Michael; Luft, Julie – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2007
Web-based learning has been proposed as a convenient way to provide professional development experiences. Despite quantitative evidence that online instruction is equivalent to traditional methods (Russell, 2001), the efficiency of this approach has not been extensively studied among teachers. This case report describes learning in an online…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Faculty Development, Web Based Instruction, Efficiency
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers